PROCEEDINGS

	IN THE CASE OF:  

	BOARD DATE:           15 September 1999                   
	DOCKET NUMBER:   AR1999023416

	I certify that hereinafter is recorded the true and complete record of the proceedings of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records in the case of the above-named individual.  

	Mr. Loren G. Harrell		Director	
	Mrs. Nancy Amos		Analyst	

  The following members, a quorum, were present:

	Mr. James M. Alward		Chairperson	
	Mr. Ted S. Kanamine		Member	
	Ms. Kathleen A. Newman		Member	

	The applicant and counsel if any, did not appear before the Board.

	The Board considered the following evidence:

	Exhibit A - Application for correction of military 
                records
	Exhibit B - Military Personnel Records (including
	            advisory opinion, if any)

FINDINGS:

1.  The applicant has exhausted or the Board has waived the requirement for exhaustion of all administrative remedies afforded by existing law or regulations.

2.  The applicant requests that all his decorations, medals, badges, commendations, citations and campaign ribbons be recorded on his DD Form 214.

3.  The applicant states that he “received Main Scout – Presidential Unit w/2 oak leaf – xpert (sic) machine gun – marksman for .45 pistol and rifle – CIB – Korean Service.”  He provides a copy of his DD Form 214 as supporting evidence.

4.  The applicant’s military records show that he enlisted in the Regular Army on 9 January 1967.  He completed basic combat training and advanced individual training and was awarded military occupational specialty 11B (Light Weapons Infantryman).  He arrived in Korea on 29 June 1967 where he was assigned to Company C, 2d Battalion 23d Infantry and performed duties as a rifleman and personnel carrier driver.  He departed Korea on 23 September 1968 and was released from active duty on 24 September 1968.

5.  The applicant’s DA Form 20, Personnel Qualification Record, shows he was awarded the marksmanship badge, .45 pistol, the expert badge, M-60 machine gun and the marksmanship badge rifle M-14 on 10 January 1968.  (He had previously been awarded the sharpshooter badge rifle M-14 on 7 April 1967.)  It also shows that his conduct and efficiency ratings for his entire period of service had been “excellent.”

6.  Army Regulation 600-8-22 prescribes Army policy and criteria concerning individual military awards.  It states the Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) is awarded to a soldier who is an infantryman satisfactorily performing infantry duties, who is assigned to an infantry unit during such time as the unit is engaged in active ground combat, and must actively participate in such ground combat.  It is authorized for qualified soldiers during the Korean Conflict (27 June 1950 to  27 July 1953) and for service in Korea on the de-militarized zone after 4 January 1969.  The Korean Service Medal is awarded for service in Korea between        27 June 1950 and 27 July 1953.  The “Main Scout” badge or medal is not identified in this regulation.  It also provides for the award of the Army Good Conduct Medal for each 3 years completed on or after 27 August 1940 or, for the first award only, upon termination of service on or after 27 June 1950 of less than 3 years but more than 1 year.  At the time, qualifying service for award of the Army Good Conduct Medal was met when the soldier’s conduct and efficiency for the period concerned had both been rated as “excellent.”

7.  Army Regulation 670-1 prescribes the awards, insignia and accouterments authorized for wear on the uniform.  In pertinent part, it provides that a soldier may wear the unit award permanently if the individual was assigned and present for duty with the unit any time during the period cited.  A soldier may wear the unit award temporarily if the individual was not present with the unit during the period cited but was subsequently assigned to the unit.
8.  The Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Registers do not list the Presidential Unit Citation as being awarded to the 23d Infantry or any of its subordinate units during the period 1967 – 1968.

CONCLUSIONS:

1.  The evidence of record does show that the applicant had been awarded the marksmanship badge, .45 pistol the expert badge, M-60 machine gun and the marksmanship badge rifle M-14 (which supersedes the award of the sharpshooter badge awarded previously).  These badges should have been entered on his DD Form 214.  

2.  The evidence of record also shows that the applicant was qualified for award of the Army Good Conduct Medal upon his separation.

3.  The Board cannot determine what the “Main Scout” medal or badge is and the applicant has not provided any documentation to identify it or that he was awarded it.  He was not assigned to Korea during any of the qualifying periods identified by the regulation for award of either the CIB or the Korean Service Medal.  There is no evidence to show his unit was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation during the period he was assigned to Korea.  His unit may have previously been awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, making the applicant eligible to temporarily wear the award only for the period of time he was actually assigned to the unit.

4. In view of the foregoing, it would be in the interest of justice to correct the applicant’s records as recommended below.

RECOMMENDATION:

1.  That all of the Department of the Army records related to this case be corrected by:

     a.  showing he was awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal 1st award for the period 9 January 1967 through 24 September 1968; 

     b.  deleting the sharpshooter badge rifle M-14 from his DD Form 214; and 

     b.  adding the Army Good Conduct Medal, the marksmanship badge .45 pistol, the expert badge M-60 machine gun and the marksmanship badge rifle   M-14 to his DD Form 214.

2.  That so much of the application as is in excess of the foregoing be denied.

BOARD VOTE:  

__jma___  __tsk___  __kan___  GRANT AS STATED IN RECOMMENDATION

________  ________  ________  GRANT FORMAL HEARING

________  ________  ________  DENY APPLICATION

			James M. Alward
		______________________
		        CHAIRPERSON

INDEX

CASE ID	AR1999023416	
SUFFIX		
RECON		
DATE BOARDED	19990915	
TYPE OF DISCHARGE		
DATE OF DISCHARGE		
DISCHARGE AUTHORITY		
DISCHARGE REASON		
BOARD DECISION	(GRANT)	
REVIEW AUTHORITY		
ISSUES         1.	107.0031	
2.	107.0056	
3.	107.0070	
4.	107.0111	
5.		
6.